44 Addiction Recovery Quotes to Inspire You

44 Addiction Recovery Quotes to Inspire You

Finding the perfect quote for what you’re experiencing right now can be like finding medicine—or magic. This is a list of the 44 most inspirational quotes for addiction recovery. If any of these quotes resonate with you, feel free to use them. Write them out to post on your wall, make them the wallpaper on your phone or computer, have them printed onto a t-shirt, or recite them to yourself whenever you need a boost.

1-10: Quotes about Strength and Courage

1. "You don’t have to be perfect, you just have to be willing." – Anonymous

2. "Fall seven times, stand up eight." – Japanese Proverb

3. "Recovery is hard. Regret is harder." – Brittany Burgunder

4. "You are stronger than you think." – Anonymous

5. "The only way out is through." – Robert Frost

6. "Recovery is an acceptance that your life is in shambles, and you have to change it." – Jamie Lee Curtis

7. "I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become." – Carl Jung

8. "Strength doesn’t come from what you can do. It comes from overcoming the things you once thought you couldn’t." – Rikki Rogers

9. "One day at a time." – Anonymous

10. "Courage isn’t having the strength to go on—it’s going on when you don’t have the strength." – Napoleon Bonaparte

    
    

11-20: Quotes about Hope

1. "Hope begins in the dark." – Anne Lamott

2. "Every day is a new beginning. Take a deep breath and start again." – Anonymous

3. "Hope is the only thing stronger than fear." – Suzanne Collins

4. "The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one." – Elbert Hubbard

5. "Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny." – C.S. Lewis

6. "Hope is a powerful thing. It inspires us to do the impossible and helps us carry on during difficult times." – Anonymous

7. "Out of difficulties grow miracles." – Jean de La Bruyère

8. "Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness." – Desmond Tutu

9. "Sometimes you can only find Heaven by slowly backing away from Hell." – Carrie Fisher

10. "Hope is the whisper that says 'Maybe' when the whole world is screaming 'No.'" – Anonymous

    
    

21-30: Quotes about Self-Love and Healing

1. "Loving yourself is the greatest revolution." – Anonymous

2. "You can’t pour from an empty cup. Take care of yourself first." – Anonymous

3. "Healing doesn’t mean the damage never existed. It means the damage no longer controls our lives." – Anonymous

4. "I will breathe. I will think of solutions. I will not let my worry control me. I will not let my stress level break me. I will simply breathe and it will be okay because I don’t quit." – Shayne McClendon

5. "Healing takes time, and asking for help is a courageous step." – Mariska Hargitay

6. "Self-love is not selfish; you cannot truly love another until you know how to love yourself." – Anonymous

7. "You have to grow from the inside out." – Swami Vivekananda

8. "Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle." – Christian D. Larson

9. "Be patient with yourself; nothing in nature blooms all year." – Anonymous

10. "Recovery is not one and done. It is a lifelong journey that takes place one day, one step at a time." – Anonymous

    
    

31-40: Quotes about Perseverance

1. "Don’t let the past steal your present." – Terri Guillemets

2. "It always seems impossible until it’s done." – Nelson Mandela

3. "Though no one can go back and make a brand-new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand-new ending." – Carl Bard

4. "Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can." – Arthur Ashe

5. "Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out." – Robert Collier

6. "Don’t quit before the miracle happens." – Anonymous

7. "Keep going, no matter what." – Anonymous

8. "You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it." – Margaret Thatcher

9. "I’ve been bent and broken, but—I hope—into a better shape." – Charles Dickens

10. "No matter how slow you go, you are still lapping everybody on the couch." – Anonymous

    
    

41-44: Quotes about Freedom

1. "Sobriety is freedom from slavery." – Anonymous

2. "The chains of addiction are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken." – Warren Buffett

3. "Freedom is the oxygen of the soul." – Moshe Dayan

4. "Recovery is not for people who need it, but for people who want it." – Anonymous

These quotes aim to uplift and encourage those struggling with addiction, showing that hope, healing, and freedom are attainable.